The Milken Institute

The Harris Poll has conducted a weekly survey since March 14, 2020, among approximately 2,000 U.S. adults ages 18 and older per week for a total of 115 weeks and counting, totalling over 230,000 respondents. Each survey tracks a core set of questions measuring public opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic as well as other ad-hoc questions on other aspects of American society.

This survey was conducted online within the United States by The Harris Poll in partnership with JUST Capital from May 7-11, 2020 among 1,005 U.S. adults ages 18 and older. This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated.

This survey was conducted online within the United States by The Harris Poll in partnership with JUST Capital from June 25-29, 2020 among 2,000 U.S. adults ages 18 and older. This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated.

This survey of the U.S. general population was conducted online within the United States from December 4, 2021, to December 6, 2021, among 2,163 adults ages 18 and over by The Harris Poll on behalf of Hue, an organization focused on diversity and inclusion for marketers. Figures for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, region and household income were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population. Propensity score weighting was used to adjust for respondents’ propensity to be online.

This survey of the U.S. general population was conducted online within the United States from July 29 to August 10, 2020, among 3,700 adults ages 18 and over by The Harris Poll on behalf of Sustainable Brands. This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated.

In February 2020, The Harris Poll fielded a survey among 10,125 adults in 27 countries. Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Harris Poll re-fielded the survey in September 2020 among another 19,000 respondents in 12 countries with various levels of COVID-19 impact. Additionally, The Harris Poll oversampled six countries especially hard-hit by COVID-19 (as determined by deaths per cases) to dig deeper into these countries. Data in each country was weighted to be nationally representative of the country based on standard demographics for each country. Market research in authoritarian countries syndicates many respondents with a “socially desirable answer”, in which respondents tend to overreport their support for their government. As such, China data in this study should be viewed with a lower level of confidence. Wave 1 was conducted from February 21 to March 11, 2020 among 10,125 adults across 27 countries: France, South Korea, Australia, The United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, The United States, United Arab Emirates, Japan, Russia, Indonesia, Turkey, Mexico, China, India, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Pakistan, Egypt, Nigeria, Philippines, Kenya, Venezuela, Ukraine, Brazil, and Malaysia. Wave 2 was conducted from September 15 to October 2, 2020 among 19,000 adults across 12 countries (Australia, The United Kingdom, The United States, Japan, Mexico, China, India, Italy, Nigeria, Philippines, Brazil, Malaysia) with an oversample in 6 countries: Brazil, India, Italy, Mexico, The United Kingdom, and The United States.

The Harris Poll conducted two surveys online from July 30 to August 11, 2021, among 5,839 adults ages 18 and older and August 25 to September 9, 2021, among 10,214 adults ages 18 and older in the same 27 countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, The United Kingdom, The United States, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela). Country selection was based on accredited and widely accepted global indices from World Bank Economies Groupings (calculated using the World Bank Atlas method) and the Milken Institute Global Opportunity Index. These indices allowed us to choose a group of countries tiered by key economic and social indicators such as levels of economic income, opportunities, and standards of living and balanced across geography, country size, GDP, etc.

Data in each country were weighted to be nationally representative of the country based on standard demographics for each country which include gender, region, race/ethnicity, household income, education, employment, marital status, and size of household where necessary to align them with their actual proportions in the population. Respondents for this survey were selected from among those who have agreed to participate in our surveys. The data have been weighted to reflect the composition of the adult population.

Because the sample is based on those who agreed to participate in the online panel, no estimates of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. Market research in authoritarian countries syndicates many respondents with a “socially desirable answer”, in which respondents tend to overreport their support for their government. As such, China data in this study should be viewed with a lower level of confidence.